Seafoam

maurice said:
That, and to clean up the bad effects of ethanol on our motors.
Guess not so much with Triumph.
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That and unlike you (living in AZ) I live in the Sierra Foothills so at times the bike may sit out for a week or even 2 (max) before I ride it due to inclement weather so I like the Seafoam for the Ethanol and condensation if it sits. I always fill up before parking and I hook it to the tender also cause I'm OCD about it (and most everything else).
 
I put seafoam in my 1951 Oliver 77 tractor when I need to clean the crap out of it. I don't put it into anything with fuel injection. I have let my vehicles sit over the winter and they have been fine without it.

The fuel now cleans things out so much better than it did 30+ years ago. We had a 1000 gallon fuel tank that that had a lot of fuel residue buildup on the inside. When they started to put fuel injection cleaner and detergents in the fuel (late 80s) we had to put in a fuel filter because the tank that had fuel in it for 60+ years was getting really clean on the inside and the stuff was flaking off. Now it looks spotless because of the cleaners. Unless you have an engine that burns a lot of oil and craps itself, then put the magic juice down and save your money.
 
makes sense. So the ethanol has no negative effects on our bikes?

How ethanol can impact your engine

When consumers fill their tanks at the gas station, they may see signs reading "may contain 10 percent Ethanol; however, many don't know what this means or how it can affect their engine performance. Find out here.
www.channel3000.com
 
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maurice said:
makes sense. So the ethanol has no negative effects on our bikes?
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No, vehicles from the 80s and some earlier have been designed to run on it. People in the North put Heet in their tanks, they are putting alcohol in their tanks. The article you linked is pretty much analogous to saying, if you cover yourself in gas and smoke you will probably hurt yourself. If you mix Jello in your fuel it will probably have undesirable effects. That is the quality of the reporting.

Now it will be less fuel efficient but it is a percentage of a percentage so it isn't going to be terribly huge. They went to ethanol because they were getting MTBE in the water supply which was the chemical that was used before ethanol. Now I won't debate if that was from leaking fuel tanks or from liquefied emissions from vehicles. Just saying why they want to it. It wasn't to replace 10% of the fuel, it was to add an oxegenator to the fuel. Now going over 10% that is a different story and we can start a thread in an off topic area talking about conversion rates of different biomass.
 
many other websites on the negative effects. will research later. thanks for your thoughts. Back to the movie.
 
maurice said:
many other websites on the negative effects. will research later. thanks for your thoughts. Back to the movie.
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Keep in mind there are a lot of sites talking about the negative effects that have a monetary incentive to their research.
 
After some research, although ethanol appears to cause more carbon deposits, using top tier fuel seems to solve that issue. Don't see a reason for seafoam.
 
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